INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Penn State was picked fourth in the Big Ten East in the preseason and 2-2 after an ugly loss at Michigan, prompting the athletic director to issue a public vote of confidence for third-year coach James Franklin. Two months later, who would have thought the eighth-ranked ...
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Once LeSean McCoy eluded two defenders and cut up the right sideline with nothing but the end zone in front of him, the Bills’ running back had time to glance up at the big screen and start celebrating. “You can just hear the crowd yelling,” McCoy ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Cavaliers have so many ways to beat teams, and this time it was Kyrie Irving’s turn to win a game. Irving scored 19 of his season-high 39 points in the fourth quarter and LeBron James had a triple-double with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists, leading Cleveland to a 112-108 comeback victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday. Kevin Love chipped in 25 points and 11 rebounds to help the defending champions (13-2) improve to their fourth straight win. “When you have great players, it can come from any of us at any given moment,” Irving said. ...
CALIFORNIA, Pa. – Top-seeded California overcame a 17-point first half deficit to advance to the Super Region One Championship with a 44-23 victory over fifth-seeded IUP on Saturday afternoon in the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs at Adamson Stadium. With the win, Caimproves to 11-0 overall behind. The Vulcans, which were ranked No. 6 in the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Top 25 poll of the regular season, will host third-seeded Shepherd for the Super Region One Championship on Dec. 3. The Rams, which lost in the NCAA National Championship last year, ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Keith Butler only wishes he was brilliant enough to explain how a defense that struggled to get to the quarterback for two months seemed to have little trouble last Sunday in Cleveland. The same group that managed all of 13 sacks through nine games piled up eight in four dominant quarters against the inept Browns. And here’s the thing, Butler figures the number should have been closer to a dozen. So what was it? Scheme? A return to the team’s “Blitzburgh” roots? Savvy coaching? Butler wishes he could take the ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — James Conner has big plans for this weekend, and it has nothing to do with saying goodbye. Thanksgiving marks the 1-year anniversary of the cancer diagnosis that threatened the Pittsburgh running back’s career, one that kickstarted his remarkable comeback and turned Conner into an inspirational figure for others in the same fight. Conner — fully healthy and showing extended flashes of the raw brilliance that made him the ACC Player of the Year in 2014 — will celebrate the milestone with a massive family meal sometime after the Panthers wrap up the regular ...
